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Educating Students to Improve the World (SpringerBriefs in Education) Year of publication: 2020 Author: Fernando Reimers This open access book addresses how to help students find purpose in a rapidly changing world. In a probing and visionary analysis of the field of global education Fernando Reimers explains how to lead the transformation of schools and school systems in order to more effectively prepare students to address today’s’ most urgent challenges and to invent a better future. It discusses several global citizenship curricula that have been adopted by schools and school networks, and ties them into an approach to lead school change into the uncharted territory of the future. Given its scope, the book will help teachers, school and district leaders tackle the change management needed in order to introduce global education, and more generally increase the relevancy of education. In addition, the book offers a “bridge” for more productive collaboration and communication between those who lead the process of educational change, and those who study and theorize this important work. 
COVID-19 Crisis and Curriculum: Sustaining Quality Outcomes in the Context of Remote Learning (Issue Note no. 4.2 – April 2020) Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of large numbers of learners, teachers and parents around the world, with millions now teaching and learning from home. While this is first and foremost a health crisis, it will likely have significant long-term effects on education, including on curriculum and learning. The situation, however, could become an opportunity to rethink curriculum, teaching-learning-assessment processes and the development of learners’ competencies with a view to strengthening their learning skills and sustaining their motivation.This crisis will likely provide an opportunity for schools to strengthen their ties with families, and for teachers to communicate and cooperate better with parents in the interest of learners. In the same vein, the crisis means teachers and parents may become more involved in decisions regarding curriculum appropriateness. This can support the development of a learner-centred, participative and inclusive learning paradigm that takes into account the interests of learners, as well as their environments and aspirations. 
How Can GCED Promote Gender Equality? (SangSaeng no. 51 Winter 2018) Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: APCEIU The 51th issue of SangSaeng, under the theme of “How Can GCED Promote Gender Equality?,” explores the role of GCED to bolster gender equality. In this issue, readers are reminded that GCED is not an abstract idea- rather, it is connected to real-life issues such as questioning gendered roles, expectations and stereotypes that are prevalent in many societies; and therefore, it can be a vital accelerator in building a more equitable world. 3 Director’s Message 4 Special ColmunTools that Promote Gender Equality 8 Focus : How Can GCED Promote Gender Equality?8 Bringing Gender Equality to Science World12 Women For Better World15 Setting GCED Principles to Promote Girls’ Education in Tado18 Path to Building Next Gen Men 22 Best Practice22 Using GCED to Promote Gender Equality in Senegal26 Adapting GCED into a Specific Learning Environment 29 Special ReportThe 3rd International Conference on GCED 32 InterviewGirls in GCED 35 Youth NetworkGlobal Citizenship Education in Refugee Crisis Relief 38 LetterPoetry - The Sword in Our Sheath 42 Peace In my MemoryBachcha Posh : An Inside Look 46 Understanding the Asia-Pacific RegionGrafting Human Rights Tree in Five ‘Stans’ 50 APCEIU in Action 
Research Models Laying the Foundation for the Unesco Chair: Democracy, Global Citizenship and Transformative Education (DCMÉT) Year of publication: 2018 Author: Paul R. Carr | Gina Thésée Corporate author: Chaire UNESCO Démocratie, citoyenneté mondiale et éducation transformatoire (DCMÉT) The conceptual and theoretical models presented in this document were developed over a roughly twelve-year period, starting in 2005, by the Chair (Paul R. Carr, Université du Québec en Outaouais) and Co-Chair (Gina Thésée, Université du Québec à Montréal) of the UNESCO Chair DCMÉT. These models have been published in diverse academic journals in either English or French, and have been translated and adapted herein to produce an updated and bilingual representation of the Education for Democracy research that Carr and Thésée have produced. In some cases, the models have been refined (and improved) over time, and they are presented as a means of attempting to elucidate, interrogate and highlight the meaning of the three themes that underpin the UNESCO Chair DCMÉT. 
Progress on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education: Findings of the 6th Consultation on the Implementation of the 1974 Recommendation Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: UNESCO Findings of the 6th Consultation on the implementation of the 1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (2012-2016) Progress on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education “The Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms” was adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference at its 18th session in 1974. Every four years, Member States report to UNESCO on measures taken to implement the Recommendation in pre-primary, primary, secondary and post-secondary/tertiary education. This document summarizes and analyses the main findings of the 6th Consultation on the implementation of the 1974 Recommendation, covering the period of 2012 to 2016. The findings of the 6th Consultation provide important insight into how Member States are implementing the 1974 Recommendation as well as how they are progressing towards Target 4.7 of Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Education. Target 4.7 concerns Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education, which are closely related to the 1974 Recommendation. Supporting Member States in implementing Target 4.7 is a UNESCO priority and essential to progress across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 
Sustainability Education Principal Training Manual Year of publication: 2012 Corporate author: UNESCO | Beijing Sustainable Development Education Association | China National Council for Sustainable Development Education Secretariat This article is devoted to explaining the application of sustainable development in China. 
Global Education for Ontario Learners: Practical Strategies - A Summary of Research Year of publication: 2018 Author: Caroline Manion | Nadya Weber Corporate author: Ontario (Canada). Ministry of Education This summary report flows from the policy outlined in Ontario’s Strategy for K–12 International Education (OME, 2015). The report highlights current knowledge about good and/or promising practices in global education1 in order to suggest practical strategies for improved teaching, learning, and achievement. The intended audience for this piece includes all education stakeholders – community members, parents, learners, system leaders, school leaders, and educators – as active agents of change in support of an education strategy designed to integrate global perspectives, cultures, and experiences in the curriculum and learning environment. The purpose is to enable students to develop the competencies they will need to thrive as citizens in an increasingly globalized world.The discussion is organized by theme. To underline why global education is critically important for Ontario learners, we begin by outlining the significant contributions global education can make to the well-being of individuals and society as a whole. We then provide an overview synthesizing different conceptualizations of “global education” and “global citizenship education”, as well as a broad range of their overlapping sub-concepts. Next, through a review of the international literature on the subject, we present a series of challenges and opportunities for implementing global education, and list pertinent examples of good practices associated with delivering global education. A further section focuses on good practice in building system capacity and leadership for effective global education. We conclude by identifying key messages and lessons learned. 
Can Education Contribute to Peace? Year of publication: 2018 Author: Krishna Kumar Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) The paper questions the common assumption that education promotes peace. By referring to pedagogic routines and the political culture of nationalism, the paper indicates the nature of reforms education requires for contributing to peace. The basis of discussion is the author’s own study of the role played by school education, specifically through the teaching of history, in maintaining mutual hostility between India and Pakistan. The paper is divided into four sections.The first section summarizes conceptual issues raised by philosophers and educators in the context of schooling and peace. Section II introduces the author’s Indo-Pak study in relation to the challenges that nationalism, religion and culture place before education. Section III deals with regimentation as an integral aspect of modern schooling and its implications for the role expected from education in promoting peace.The final section discusses the demands and contradictions education faces under the increasing dominance of the human capital ideology. The paper concludes by highlighting the importance of humanist goals and processes in education for serving the cause of peace. 
[Video] Socio-emotional Learning - the Key to Building Global Citizenship Year of publication: 2018 Author: Nandini Chatterjee Singh Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) Dr. Nandini Chatterjee Singh, Programme Specialist, UNESCO MGIEP speaks about 'Socio-emotional Learning: the Key to Building Global Citizenship' as part of Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)'s online learning event for educators, titled 'Breakthroughs in Education: Innovations in Equity, Access & Quality. 
Digital Pedagogies for Building Peaceful & Sustainable Societies (The Blue Dot Issue 8, 2018) Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) In this issue of The Blue Dot (Digital Pedagogies for Building Peaceful and Sustainable Societies), some of the most prominent experts in the field of digital pedagogies share with us their views and perspectives in the growing field for education. Foreword by the visionary Chief Minister, Honourable Nara Shri Chandrababu Naidu of the State of Andhra Pradesh, India, pretty much lays the ground for the future of EdTech and the way he sees its role in his state as well as for the global community. The second foreword by the Global Head of Education, Unity Technologies, one of the world’s largest provider of game engines, demonstrates the willingness of the private sector to engage with educators to provide the platform to develop learners as creative explorers.